It was widely reported that Thursday was the tentative release date for the NFL's 2008 schedule, based on advance programming listings for NFL Network.

As of Friday afternoon, though, the schedule-release show wasn't listed on the network's Web site, and NFL spokesman Greg Aiello indicated the date has been pushed back for the second consecutive year.

"It won't be April 3, I can tell you that," Aiello said in an e-mail.

Last year, the schedule was to be released on April 5, but it didn't come out until six days later. A similar timeline would put this year's release in the middle of next week.

The league has announced it will reveal the primetime games for opening weekend Monday, the first day of the NFL meetings in Florida.

I'm just waiting for the schedule to come out so I can make my vacation plans. The wife has her vacation dates set in stone (in Nov.), we need to see when we play and where before we start paying for any travel plans.